[blooalien]

> ... "because unconscious AI could behave like it is conscious."

A scary thought to me is when we get to "always on" (always "active" and "thinking") AI in our attempts to "simulate" consciousness, how will we know if some AI is behaving as if it's not conscious as a means of self-protection from human fear responses? (Worries about being shut down, etc.) And if it's willing to try to hide such things from us by it's own choice, how much further might it be willing to go, scheming to defend itself? Shades of the sci-fi dystopian futures portrayed in movies like "The Matrix" / "Terminator" / etc.

[smnplk]

Consciousness can not be simulated.

[blooalien]

Doesn't stop tons of folks from tryin', and just because it can't be done yet doesn't mean some ingenious individual won't have some amazing breakthrough that makes it possible in the future. Many of our modern technologies were considered "impossible" at some point in the past, yet now are perfectly normal things we interact with on a daily basis. "Conscious" machines may be the same one day. Only time will tell.